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Educational Discovery Tours & Jean Bardot/Patrick Bulteau of the American University of Paris Team Up To Offer Educational Travel Programs in France & Spain for 2009.
EDT welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with Jean Bardot and Patrick Bulteau in continuing the highly successful programs they conducted for the American University of Paris and Interhostel/Familyhostel.
- Programs are personalized and conducted by a university professor
- Groups average about 25 participants
- Hotels are 3-4 stars
- Meals are carefully selected by our wine and food expert to feature regional specialties in characteristic settings.
- Many programs include all meals; some offer one to three meals "on own," depending on itinerary.
- Costs are land-only, but include all lodging, touring transportation, sightseeing, admissions, lectures, and the majority of--if not all--meals (including wine).


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FOOD, WINE, AND ART IN AQUITAINE & THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Oct. 17-29, 2008
$3200/pp dbl occ. $475 single supp.
- Revised itinerary for this popular program
- Arrive in Bilbao / depart from Bordeaux
- 5 nights Bordeaux, 5 in St-Jean-de-Luz, 2 in Bilbao
- Tastings in prestigious chateaux or family wineries
- Saint Emilion, Medoc, Sauternes wine area
- Armagnac distillery visit in Eauze
- Basque & Bonnat museums in Bayonne
- San Sebastian resort town & historic Gernika
- 2 dinners in selected Michelin-starred restaurants
- See foie gras, Bayonne ham, Basque cheese making
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CAVES, CASTLES & CUISINE
Toulouse/Dordogne
April 17-29, 2009
$3350/pp dbl occ. $500 single supp.
- Visit TOULOUSE: St. Sernin Romanesque basilica and the Augustins museum
- Town of ALBI and the Toulouse Lautrec museum
- Prehistoric caves of Pech Merle and Font de Gaume with their famous Magdalenian paintings
- Lascaux II cave & Le Thot Prehistoric Center
- Walking tour of historic city center of SARLAT and weekly farmers' market
- Medieval villages of the Dordogne Valley
- New archaeological museum at PERIGUEUX
- Cooking demonstrations by the hotel chefs in ROCAMADOUR and VITRAC
- The Gouffre de Padirac, the deepest cavern in Europe
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ATLANTIC FRANCE
Nantes/La Rochelle/Brittany
May 29 - June 10, 2009
$3550/pp dbl occ. $575 single supp.
- NANTES daily market and Dobree Archaeological & Decorative Arts Museum
- Lunch in the Dukes of Brittany Castle
- Muscadet Wine Museum in Le Pallet & tasting in private home
- Rochefort naval dockyards with Lafayette's ship, the Hermione
- Learn about the French Huguenots
- Walking tour of historic LA ROCHELLE harbor & visit the Museum of The New World
- Visit the Remy Martin distillery in Cognac
- Coast of Southern Brittany with its markets, lighthouses and artists' villages, such as PONT AVEN
- Quimper Fine Arts & Historical Museum-view Quimper pottery collection
- Boat excursion to GAVRINIS island to see the best-preserved Neolithic burial site
- View the famous Carnac megalithic alignments
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STUDIOS OF THE SUN
Aix-en-Provence/Nice
September 18-30, 2009
$3550/pp dbl occ. $575 single supp.
- Explore the vestiges of the ancient Roman harbor of MARSEILLE
- St. Victor's basilica and crypt and the Mediterranean Archaeological Museum
- Visit Cezanne's studio in AIX-EN-PROVENCE
- See Sainte Victoire mountain, a favorite subject of Cezanne
- Breath-taking views of the Mediterranean coastline along the Corniche Road
- Visit SAINT TROPEZ and drive along the French Riviera
- Tour "Old Nice" and see the recently restored Lascaris Baroque palace
- Matisse and Chagall museums in NICE
- Fernand Leger National Museum in BIOT
- Picasso Museum in a castle in ANTIBES
- Ride along the Saint Jean Cap-Ferrat peninsula
- Tour the Ephrussi de Rothschild foundation and gardens
- Visit Renoir's last home and studio in CAGNES-SUR-MER
- Enjoy the hilltop Medieval village of EZE
- Take in MONACO, MONTE-CARLO and CANNES
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FOOD, WINE, AND ART IN AQUITAINE & THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Oct. 16-28, 2009
$3450/pp dbl occ. $525 single supp.
- Guggenheim Museum in BILBAO
- The martyr town of GERNIKA, made famous by Picasso
- Learn the fascinating history of the Basque Country
- Cooking demonstration of Basque specialties
- Tour the lovely resort city of SAN SEBASTIAN
- Visit Saint JEAN-DE-LUZ and see Louis XIV's mansion
- Chocolate tasting at the Chocolate Museum in BIARRITZ
- Enjoy BAYONNNE and the Bonnat Fine Arts Museum and Basque Historical Museum
- Winery visit and tasting in IROULEGUY
- Introduction to Bordeaux Wines & history of French vineyards
- Saint Emilion wine region and tastings
- Visit Chateau Mouton Rothschild and its spectacular Wine and Art Museum
- Dinner at Le Pavillon des Boulevards (Michelin-starred restaurant)
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